Children's Blog and A Parable
11/05/06 - 1st Day - After Singing. We started a blog for the children so they can write down things that may be of interest to family members and others, and so they can keep track of what books they have read and those they still want to read. Check it out. If you stop by, leave them a comment because they will love it.
It rained this morning, but not much. They are calling for rain over the next two days.
A parable:
Every day a servant boy went to the field and let out a loud whistle to call in all the working stock. Each day after seeing each animal to its assigned task - the horses to the carriage, the ass to the plow - he would return to the field to work with a stubborn young ass who refused to obey. The boy would try to lead the ass from in front, but the ass would just lock his heels. The boy would try to beat the ass from behind with a whip, but the ass would just cower under the beating, refusing to budge. Eventually the boy would get tired of trying to train the ass, and he would leave him in the field and head off to his own work.
One day a weathered old ass, on is way to be hooked up to the plow for the day, walked by the stubborn ass and said, "ready for another beating today, I see".
The young ass just laughed and said, "I have learned that if I am more stubborn than the boy, then I get to spend the whole day eating in this field. Maybe you should try it."
The old ass shook his head. "That boy works for the master of these lands. However coarse his ways, and however vulgar his methods, he is trying to make you useful to the master. So long as he doesn't quit, then there is hope for you - but one day he won't even try to train you any more. He will give up on you. And soon the master will come and ask the boy why you are not being used to his advantage; why you are permitted to consume his field and are not profitable to him."
The young ass laughed again. "Let the master come with his larger whip, and let him beat me from in front and from behind. I will not be moved. I have learned if I resist through all the scourging, I am left alone to eat in this field."
The old ass looked at the young ass in the eye and said, "When the master comes he will not bring the whip or the goad. He will bring his shotgun, and he will make you profitable by selling your carcass for glue". The old ass turned and walked towards his daily duty.
Take it from an old ass... when you learn from the whip and count it profitable, you live to be an old ass.
Michael Bunker
It rained this morning, but not much. They are calling for rain over the next two days.
A parable:
Every day a servant boy went to the field and let out a loud whistle to call in all the working stock. Each day after seeing each animal to its assigned task - the horses to the carriage, the ass to the plow - he would return to the field to work with a stubborn young ass who refused to obey. The boy would try to lead the ass from in front, but the ass would just lock his heels. The boy would try to beat the ass from behind with a whip, but the ass would just cower under the beating, refusing to budge. Eventually the boy would get tired of trying to train the ass, and he would leave him in the field and head off to his own work.
One day a weathered old ass, on is way to be hooked up to the plow for the day, walked by the stubborn ass and said, "ready for another beating today, I see".
The young ass just laughed and said, "I have learned that if I am more stubborn than the boy, then I get to spend the whole day eating in this field. Maybe you should try it."
The old ass shook his head. "That boy works for the master of these lands. However coarse his ways, and however vulgar his methods, he is trying to make you useful to the master. So long as he doesn't quit, then there is hope for you - but one day he won't even try to train you any more. He will give up on you. And soon the master will come and ask the boy why you are not being used to his advantage; why you are permitted to consume his field and are not profitable to him."
The young ass laughed again. "Let the master come with his larger whip, and let him beat me from in front and from behind. I will not be moved. I have learned if I resist through all the scourging, I am left alone to eat in this field."
The old ass looked at the young ass in the eye and said, "When the master comes he will not bring the whip or the goad. He will bring his shotgun, and he will make you profitable by selling your carcass for glue". The old ass turned and walked towards his daily duty.
Take it from an old ass... when you learn from the whip and count it profitable, you live to be an old ass.
Michael Bunker
posted by Michael Bunker at 11/04/2006 01:10:00 PM
2 Comments:
That parable was great! Thanks for sharing it. God Bless
Michael, Great parable. Thank you for trying to make us useful to our Master.
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